2012 Week 2

The Last day and the day after where memorable. We started off the last day in Virgin Gorda by eating breakfast at the teachers cabin. After breakfast we started walking down the road, to paint planters and walls close to some soccer fields and buildings. It was a very rewarding and somewhat relaxing experience. Then we head back to...

Today I woke up pretty early, around 6:30am and got a good start to the day. I dreaded getting up early but it was not too bad. We then went to breakfast and Laura gave a lecture on different types of fish and coral species that we would see later today. After the lecture we drove over to Savannah...

Today was very cool, for the most part. As usual we started the day out with breakfast, followed by breathing exercises, to prep us for the day. Then we had a visitor from the conservation fisheries BVI, Mr. Joel Dore. He spoke about turtles in the BVI. He focused on the conservation of turtles and turtle tagging. After...

So I apparently have to keep a blog of my Marine Biology class. After this week of 3 hour class work days, I travel to the British Virgin Islands where we will scuba dive and do things a marine biologist would.

Boxfishes, or smooth trunkfish have an angular body sheathed in plate-like scales. It has maximum length of 19 inches. It is also triangular in shape with polkadots on its body. Its fins are usually yellow. The smooth trunkfish usually keeps to itself but sometimes may be found in small groups. Additionally, it shoots water onto the sandy seabed to...

Great fifth day in the BVI. Woke up as usual at 7:45 and waited at the cattle guard at 8:15 for Glen to pick us up. At about 8:30 we arrived at the dock and set up our gear for diving. We had a small breakfast consisting of muffins and juice. We had a semi-long boat ride out to...

Today was a pretty calm day for me personally. As usual we started out by leaving for breakfast at the Old Yard. Breakfast was followed by a presentation from Laura about all the different types of sea life in Virgin Gorda. She spoke about all different types of sea life, such as sea nails, sea urchins, grouper, jellyfish, and...

Captain's Log - Star Date July 12, 2012 ^ The plane we took to get to Tortola Today marked the end of our lives as students and green divers and the beginning of diving veterans and marine biologists. We awoke early this morning around 8 am. The commanders came by and awoke us from our slumber. We awoke and readied ourselves...